ăn cơm mắm thấm về lâu
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Meaning · English
Fish-paste rice seeps in slowly — plain fare, like plain truth, soaks deep with time.
Literally: mắm with rice soaks in over long
Sources & notes
Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “ăn cơm mắm thấm về lâu” mean?
Fish-paste rice seeps in slowly — plain fare, like plain truth, soaks deep with time. Literally: mắm with rice soaks in over long
Is “ăn cơm mắm thấm về lâu” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.